# ReinMeer Aomori

ReinMeer Aomori (ラインメール青森, Rainmēru Aomori) is a Japanese football club based in Aomori, the capital city of Aomori Prefecture. It currently play in the Japan Football League, Japanese fourth tier of league football. The team colour is blue.

## History

Founded in 1995, ReinMeer Aomori was managed by Aomori City Football Association, which picked players from existing clubs. The name was originated by the mix of two German word, "rein" (clean) and "Meer" (sea). The name was picked to symbolize the nature of Aomori. The logo is the main protagonist of the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri festival.
In 2016, the club played for the first time in the Japan Football League and hopes to reach the J1 League by 2030.

## League and cup record

| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| Season | Division | Tier | Pos. | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Emperor's Cup | Shakaijin Cup |
| 2008 | Aomori Prefecture 1st Division | 6 | 1st | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 38 | 31 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2009 | Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2) | 5 | 7th | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 15 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2010 | Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2) | 5 | 7th | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 48 | -23 | 10 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2011 | Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2) | 5 | 5th | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 16 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2012 | Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2, North) | 5 | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 26 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2013 | Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 2, North) | 5 | 1st | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 50 | 50 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2014 | Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 3rd | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 16 | 40 | 41 | Did not qualify | 2nd round |
| 2015 | Tohoku Soccer League (Div. 1) | 5 | 2nd | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 11 | 71 | 46 | 1st round | 4th place |
| 2016 | JFL | 4 | 8th | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 45 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2017 | JFL | 4 | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 61 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2018 | JFL | 4 | 10th | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 37 | 2nd round | Not eligible |
| 2019 | JFL | 4 | 13th | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 44 | -4 | 36 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2020 | JFL | 4 | 15th | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 16 | 4th round | Not eligible |
| 2021 | JFL | 4 | 9th | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 49 | -8 | 45 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2022 | JFL | 4 | 4th | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 51 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2023 | JFL | 4 | 5th | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 42 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2024 | JFL | 4 | 10th | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 41 | Did not qualify | Not eligible |
| 2025 | JFL | 4 | TBD | 30 | | | | | | | | | Not eligible |

### Key

* Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
* Source: JFL

## Honours

ReinMeer Aomori honours :
| Honour | No. | Years |
| Aomori Prefecture | 1 | 2008 |
| Tohoku Soccer League 2nd Division North | 1 | 2013 |
| Aomori Prefectural Football Championship (Emperor's Cup Aomori Prefectural Qualifiers) | 3 | 2015, 2018, 2020 |

## Current squad

    As of 3 July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Rui Sanmonji |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Oishi |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Makoto Kawanishi |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Kakeru Suminaga |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Shohei Kishida |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Masaya Yoshida |
| 7 | DF | JPN | Takumi Matsumoto |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Yamaguchi |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Bessa |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ranjiro Machida |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Taisei Hikima |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Gaku Inaba |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Koki Harada |
| 17 | GK | JPN | Riku Hirosue |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Koyu Murakami |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Seiryo Nakamura |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Hayate Nagakura |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Raito Saito (on loan from JEF United Chiba) |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Kenta Takai |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Towa Nishisaka (on loan from Tokushima Vortis) |
| 25 | FW | JPN | Shunta Aoki |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Kaito Hirata |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Shunki Sakuma |
| 28 | FW | JPN | Han Yong-gi |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Kenta Oka |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Taisei Higashijima |
| 33 | FW | JPN | Koki Kido |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Vinícius |
| — | DF | JPN | Yuya Fujimoto (on loan from Matsumoto Yamaga) |

## Club officials

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Kei Shibata |
| Assistant manager | Kazuhiro Murakami |
| First-team coach | Atsushi Kubo |
| Goalkeeper coach | Tetsuo Yuda |
| Trainer | Jun Yamamoto |
| Competent | Yuto Sato |
| Side affairs | Kazuhiro Kobayashi |

## Managerial history

| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Tenure |
| Manager | Nationality | Start | Finish |
| Masahiro Kuzuno | Japan | 1 February 2014 | 31 January 2018 |
| Tatsuya Mochizuki | Japan | 1 February 2018 | 31 January 2021 |
| Ryō Adachi | Japan | 1 February 2021 | 31 January 2022 |
| Kei Shibata | Japan | 1 February 2022 | Current |